EXPRESS-AMU1 is a geostationary communications satellite. Based on Airbus Defense and Space's Eurostar E3000 satellite platform, Express-AMU1 is designed for a 15-year mission and carries up to 70 transponders in Ku-band and Ka-band. The satellite will settle into an operating point at 36 degrees east longitude. Express-AMU1 will provide television and radio broadcasts, including direct-to-home and broadband programming, to the European part of Russia's territory. Express-AMU1/Eutelsat 36C will eventually replace and expand on services from Eutelsat 36A, a 15-year-old satellite that launched aboard Lockheed Martin's Atlas 3 rocket in May 2000 on the first flight of the Russian RD-180 engine that went on to power United Launch Alliance's Atlas 5 rocket fleet.